As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
Esther
History / MordecaiTo wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
Leviticus
LawThen shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWith three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
Judges
History / SamuelHe shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThere is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThere the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job
WisdomAnd Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
Acts
HistoryThough I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Job
WisdomFor he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
Numbers
LawThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
Amos
Minor ProphetsNeither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: